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J. W. BRADSHAW BROOM.

No. 249,884. Patented Nov. 22,1881. 175 .1.

I i 1 I i: 9 n I, A! 1/ I IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. BRADSHAIV, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BROOM.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 249,884, dated November 22, 1881.

Application filed September 1!), 1881.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. BRADSHAW, of Indianapolis, in the countyof Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new anduset'ul Improvements in Brooms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel construction of ferrule for securing the bod y of a broom to its handle, whereby the said parts can be permanently secured together in a simple, effective, and durable manner, and the wire readily applied and also prevented from slipping.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a portion of the broom. Fig. 2 shows the ferrule before it is applied and bent. Fig.3represents the ferrule bent into cylindrical form.

A indicates a portion of the broom-handle, and B apart of its body, which is composed of the ordinary broom-straws. The handle is inserted to some extent into the body, after which the wire 0 is wrapped around the upper part of the body, as at D, after which it is passed up through the body and then brought out from the same, so as to admit of its being wrapped around the ferrule .E. This ferrule is formed from a metal blank, as shown in Fig. 2, said blank having the lips e e at its lower corners. It is also struck up, so as to form the two beads or shoulders e 6, (shown in Fig. 8,) so as to provide a channel for the wire, which is wrapped around the ferrule, so as to clamp the same firmly upon the upper ends of the (No model.)

broom-straws. This open ferrule is applied to the handle and upper ends of the broomstraws, and the wire which has been brought up through the body is passed out between the lapping edges of the ferrule and then wound downward and around the same, so as to form a coil, F, after which it is carried to the outer one of the lips e, where it is secured by a tack or rivet,f, which passes through said lips into the broom-body and the handle. By thus wrapping the wire the ferrule will be drawn closely upon the broom body andhandle, and by means of a rivet, Gr, it can be secured at its upper end.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the open ferrule E, having lips or extensions 0 e, with wire 0 and tack f, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The broom-ferrule E,formed with the lips e e and withthe beads or shoulders 0, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the broom-body and its handle, of the ferrule E, formed with the beads or shoulders and with thelips e, and the wire wrapped around the body below the ferrule, then passed up through the body and wrapped around the ferrule between the beads, and finally secured by a tack or rivet passing through said lips, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. BRADSHAW.

Witnesses:

W. R. KEYWORTH, W. H. MANOGUE. 

